Yesterday (Saturday) Carrie had to work nearly the whole day! Boo to that, says I! I didn't get very much done during the day, and had to leave early to get down to Fools Play early to practice our new format again.
When I was shaving before heading down I couldn't get the two halves of my beard (left and right) to match up, so I shaved off everything except for the goatee and attached moustache. I went and picked up Carrie before I left, and she was very startled by it.
I wonder how many audience members actually noticed?
Yes, so I got to Fools Play early, but late for being early by about ten minutes. We ran through most of the new format: 76 Suggestions. While doing this, we discovered that the format was now shockingly easy for us to do.
We didn't even bother finishing through the whole run-through. Mike & I went and bought sammitches at that sub place in Oly that's right across the street from a Subway, but is still doing booming business. I got a six-inch pastrami, hold the lettuce, and it was vey tasty. We stopped by Safeway on the way back to Studio 321 to pick up some Coke for poor sicky Geoffs. Yes, Geoffs performed even though he wasn't feeling very well at all. And he did a bang-up jorb.
In fact, we all did. The 76 Suggestions format was a rollicking good time, and the audience was totally into it despite it being very audience-unfriendly. We only ever interact with the audience at the very, very beginning of the show. But y'know, now that I think about it, a lot of 76 Suggestions is monologues where we talk directly to the audience, so I think that probably helped draw them in some more.
The show took a while to clean up after due to the high volume of litter it produced. I was the only Fool to go out afterwards, due to Geoffs feeling blah and Mike having to go home and pack. Pack for what? Why, to visit Taisha across the mountains. Which means no Fools Play practice today, so I get to actually hang out with my wife this weekend! Hoo-rah!
Anyway, everybody else went out to the Rib Eye after the show, including regular audience member Cassie, down from college at Western, me own Alma-Mader. She's also in the art department, so we talked briefly about that, but I'm astonished at how little I actually remember! Well, I remember a lot, but no actual names of teachers except for "Elsie."
After the bills came I paid and went to the bathroom, and when I came out everyone had abandoned me except for Sandy & Mathias! Boo to that, says I! I drove home where Carrie was already asleep, and got a song from K.K. Slider for each of us before going to sleep myself. I had for some reason a bit of a difficult time falling asleep, but eventually prevailed.
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
76 152 Suggestions
posted by Christopher at 11:48 AM 
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I noticed a lot of the format involved shorts starting with "I am X," giving a line or two, and making an exit. It really made the longer scenes stand out; but not having the arm-down-ending kept things going at the fly-by speed. I actually don't think it was a very audience-involving show, despite the directed speaking in almost all the scenes. Not getting to clap makes the experience a bit passive.
The music was incredible (esp. the intro). I liked the new [to me] "Guess the Phrase" game, too.
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